The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-08-05
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
President McBrjde's Recicw Of It's Work-The
Course in agriculture.

Register n series of interesting articles upon
the work of the Institution Of which he is the
official head. Here is what be says about the
course of agriculture in the College:
''The technical course in agriculture and
chemistry is exceptional compared with
similar courses elsewhere for the quantity of
laboratory work offered in the different sciences
and without additional charges TO the student.
The only non-technicai studies are two years |
in mathematics, three in modcra languages |
and enc in English Yet all these are Of di |
rect value to the agricultural student. 1t re- |
quircs, in addition, one year of shop work |
(wood work. one in mechanical technology, |
in mechanical drawing, one in surveying |
and field work, one in physics, one i'll agricul- |
ture, in agricultural chemistry, one in
entomology and horticulture, one in physiology
and zoology, one in mechanics, one in miner
alogx (practical determination of minerals
one in geology and one in political economy,
one and one-half years in botany (including
laboratory work. three years IN general chem
istry and three years in laboratory chemistry.
"In this course, in addition to shop work,
field work and laboratory wcrk, the students
will be taken to the farm by the professor in
charge, where they will note the processes of
farming, the condition CT crops &C., and dis
cuss them n the Classroom thus testing thee
| rct.cal teaching in the light of practical eIpc-
| riCLcc. In the last course they are also re-
quircd TO assist in tho wovk of agricultural
experimentation. This course is closely
modelled after tho plan adopted by the best
| agricultural schools in Europe, in which in
| and uninstructive manual labor in the field is
| not required, being left for those schools of
| distinctly lower grade which arc designed 10
make skilled farm laborcrs and not scientific
| farmers.
| These colleges and schools, by the way, arc
| equally useful, but their ends and aims and
methods of training are csSentall- different.
| The shorter agricultural coar sc is based upon
the longer course, being not quite so thor
| oUgh and exhaustive.
'1he number of students accredited TO the
| course Of agriculture las; session was ten
These were pursuing the two strictly technical
courses. as the Congressional Act under
which this College gets its somewhat meagre
fund of S5,15I requires that this must be de-
votCl TO the teaching of subjects relating to
| agriculture and the mechanic arts, it is
Proper TO add to these agricultural studcuts
| those pursuing the courses leading 10 engineer
| ing and other industrial pursuits rs we'll as
those elective students applying themselves
exclusively o those branches underlying agri-
| culture and the mechanic arts. This addition
would make total of fifty students pursuing
'hc studies required by the Morrill, Act, out
| Ioc g.
of lGl, being about 30 per cent whereas, the
agricultural scrip yields less than - per ceat,
IF the Colleges annual income.
Lastly, so far from not attempting anything
Practical, this College, from its reorganization,
has constantly aimed at thorough practical
application of all theoretical know ige This
IS true in The literary department, wei! as
in the scientific. Map drawing in history.
problems in logic, application Of principles in
psychology, ethics, &C., are of commoncst oc-
currence. IN editorial in current number
of ncwsP aper furnishes a head in the final
examination in political economy The law
school has its weekly debates AMI regular moot
courts, presided over by lawyers from the city.
Duling commencement week an appeal from q
circuit moot court was argued before n su.
preme moot court Of three judges. Students
are thus trained in the practice we'll rs in
the theory of law by lawyer Of acknowledged
ability and of many years honorable practice
in the Courts of the State.
1t will thus be seen that the College does
real university work in addition to its ordi.
nary curriculum, and that by proper differ
entiaton and division Of labor it is able to ac-
4, IL.
five or six times much were Il separate col.
lcgc established for every profession and pur-
suit in life. Aggi cgation onl concentration
have been the secrets Of the success of the
great European universities and of the great
colleges and universities of America, and they
have done much to elevate the standard, in
tGDsify the instruction and promote the useful
ness of the South Carolina College
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